These recipes are perfect for catering to a crowd, engaging in meal prep, or efficiently preparing a week’s worth of meals in a single go. The slow cooking method facilitates the blending of flavors, yielding tender and flavorful dishes that practically cook themselves. Among the favored large-batch crockpot recipes are chili, pulled pork, beef stew, and chicken curry. They are not only straightforward to make but also demand minimal effort, presenting a convenient choice for individuals or families navigating busy schedules.
Slow Cooker Mexican Chicken Soup
This Slow Cooker Mexican Chicken Soup is packed with spicy Mexican flavors. It’s super easy to prepare on a weeknight or on the weekend for a football watching crowd.
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Two Ingredient Slow Cooker Beef Brisket
This easy Two Ingredient Slow Cooker Beef Brisket will be a dinner home run. Cooking brisket in the slow cooker with salsa verde makes the meat tender and juicy.
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Crock Pot Chicken Spaghetti
Crock Pot Chicken Spaghetti made in the slow cooker is one of my favorite family recipes. This creamy chicken spaghetti is made with shredded chicken, pasta, cheese, and more. It’s the perfect weeknight recipe with a creamy sauce that the whole family will devour.
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Crock Pot Chicken Thighs Bone In
Crock Pot Chicken Thighs are tender and full of flavor with this simple sweet and spicy sauce and seasoning mixture. Delicious bone in chicken thighs are smothered with a blend of spices and garlic and covered in a mouthwatering sauce.
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Crockpot Lasagna
Crockpot Lasagna is made with beef, vegetables, noodles, and handful of seasonings, to make this slow cooker lasagna taste like you’ve been slaving over it all day. This easy recipe is literally dump and serve, and it’s also PERFECT to freeze for meal planning.
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Slow Cooker Beef Tips Recipe
Slow Cooker Beef Tips made in the Crock Pot are one of my favorite ways to make beef tips. They’re delicious, tender, and full of mouthwatering flavors. Double this beef tips recipe and meal prep different things.
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Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie
This Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie will have you feeling like you’re right back in grandma’s kitchen. There’s nothing quite like the flavor of homemade pot pie, and you’re about the unlock the secrets of how to cook it perfectly.
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Crockpot Chicken and Gravy
It’s officially crockpot season! And this Crockpot Chicken and Gravy recipe is one that needs to be on your radar. With just a handful of easy ingredients, you’ll have a hearty and delicious dinner on the table in no time at all.
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Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken
This Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken is one of my favorite BBQ Chicken recipes. Made with chicken breasts, brown sugar, BBQ sauce, and just the right amount of seasonings.
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Slow Cooker Hot Chocolate (Great For A Crowd!)
Rich, creamy slow cooker hot chocolate is the ultimate treat. Perfect for serving a crowd for a holiday, party or just a cold snowy day! This deliciously decadent hot chocolate recipe gets people talking at any party because it is SO good!
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Easy Slow Cooker Vegan Chili (Gluten-Free, Allergy-Free)
This Slow Cooker Vegetarian Chili is a dump-and-go crockpot meal you can set and forget! This healthy three-bean chili is vegan, gluten-free, allergy-free, and full of plant-based protein, veggies, and bold Southwest flavors! A comforting dinner for a crowd or meatless, make-ahead and freezer-friendly meal you can meal prep!
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Slow Cooker Applesauce | Easy, Simple, No Added Sugar
Nothing smells more like autumn comfort than apples simmering in the slow cooker! Easy homemade slow cooker applesauce with none of the work, hassles; no peeling and no added sugar. Add some cinnamon and spice or keep it baby and kid-friendly plain; the final product is up to you but will always be delicious! The perfect gluten-free, vegan, allergy-free, and paleo sweet snack!
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Crock Pot Creamy Chicken Spaghetti for a Crowd
My kids love some good chicken alfredo. When we were hosting a swim club party at our house, I decided I would try to make crock pot creamy chicken spaghetti just to make my life easier as we got closer to party time and people started arriving.
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Crock Pot Sloppy Joes for a Crowd
Crock pot sloppy joes for a crowd is a large batch of sloppy joes recipe when you are looking for a recipe to feed a bunch of hungry people. Have you ever needed to feed hungry teenagers? A field full of farmers? Want to make a meal that you could double, triple, or quadruple to freeze the leftovers? These crock pot sloppy joes for a crowd are just what you need when you need a recipe to feed a bunch of hungry people!
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Slow Cooker Hungarian Goulash
Hungarian goulash is a hearty stew with a bright flavorful paprika broth. It’s a high-protein stew packed with fork-tender chunks of beef along with some carrots and potatoes.
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Slow Cooker Chili
This slow cooker chili is a blend of beef, beans, tomatoes and spices, all simmered together in the crock pot for a rich and hearty dish. Crockpot chili is perfect for parties and any occasion where you need to feed a crowd!
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Slow Cooker Brisket
This slow cooker brisket is beef simmered with vegetables and seasonings in the crockpot until it is fall-apart tender. It is a simple yet satisfying comfort food classic that’s great for feeding a crowd!
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Crock Pot Ham with Brown Sugar Glaze
This crock pot ham is a spiral-cut ham topped with a three ingredient glaze, then slow cooked to perfection. This is the BEST way to make your holiday ham, the slow cooker does all the work!
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Crock Pot Corn Casserole Aka Thanksgiving Corn Pudding
This Crock Pot Corn Casserole puts an easy twist on this traditional Southern holiday season culinary staple. The sweet corn and cornbread mix side dish also goes by the name corn pudding and Jiffy Corn Casserole.
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Slow Cooker Pot Roast Recipe
This Slow Cooker Pot Roast Recipe is slow-cooked with chunks of carrots, celery, mushrooms, and potato. This perfect holiday supper is filled with the most tender, juicy chunks of meat and a finger-licking, no-fuss gravy.
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Crockpot Funeral Potatoes
You’ll love these Crockpot Funeral Potatoes for an easy dish that will be a big hit at any potluck. It’s the richest and most creamy side dish you will ever make, and the slow cooker does all the work!
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Easy Salsa Pork Tenderloin Carnitas (slow Cooker)
Make salsa Pork Tenderloin Carnitas in a slow cooker with just 3 ingredients! This easy recipe for juicy shredded pork is perfect for tacos and so much more.
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Healthy Slow Cooker Lasagna Soup
This easy and healthy Slow Cooker Lasagna Soup is my favorite kind of crock pot dump recipe. There is no precooking -just dump all the ingredients in the recipe, set it and forget it! Using frozen and pantry ingredients, it’s delicious and economical.
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Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken
Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken is tender chicken breasts cooked low and slow in the Crockpot with a delicious homemade teriyaki sauce made with garlic, fresh ginger, soy sauce, honey, and mirin.
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Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup
This easy Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup recipe is perfect for your busy lifestyle! Let your Crockpot slow simmer chicken breasts all day so that they are extra tender and delicious, then finish with plenty of hearty egg noodles.
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Slow Cooker Chicken Spaghetti
This hearty creamy Slow Cooker Chicken Spaghetti is set to become your go-to dinner. With a little prep and just 5 minutes of effort to add the ingredients to the crockpot, you can sit back and watch dinner cook.
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Slow Cooker Tuscan Chicken Pasta
Slow Cooker Tuscan Chicken Pasta is classic comfort food that will have your family begging for more! An easy and affordable meal that’s made in one pot.
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Slow Cooker Jambalaya
You won’t believe how easy it is to make Slow Cooker Jambalaya! Melt in your mouth chicken, smoky sausage, and buttery shrimp mixed with a medley of tender vegetables and hot rice in a rich, spicy sauce.
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Slow Cooker Kalua Pork
Slow cooker kalua pork is an easy three-ingredient crock pot dinner recipe that takes less than 5 minutes of prep to make!
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Slow Cooker Italian Meatballs
These Slow Cooker Italian Meatballs are one of my favorite go-to recipes for basically anything. They taste great on their own as an appetizer but also work well with pasta or on sub sandwiches with melty cheese.
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Healthy Crockpot Chicken Chili
This crockpot chicken chili recipe is easy to make and is a delicious, healthy meal to feed a crowd. Loaded with veggies, fiber and protein this chicken chili is even freezer-friendly. I make this chicken chili recipe every time I need to bring a meal to a friend. Gluten-free, dairy-free, & paleo-friendly.
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Karen Kelly, a food and travel writer, is the founder of Seasonal Cravings. She is also a health coach certified by the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. She has been featured in numerous media outlets, including the AP Wire and MSN.
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